Construction Social Reality _p (Paperback)

This short treatise looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a 'five-pound note' with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch.In The Construction of Social Reality, eminent philosopher John Searle examines the structure of social reality (or those portions of the world that are facts only by human agreement, such as money, marriage, property, and government), and contrasts it to a brute reality that is independent of human agreement. Searle shows that brute reality provides the indisputable foundation for all social reality, and that social reality, while very real, is maintained by nothing more than custom and habit.

General

Imprint:	The Free Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Searle
Dimensions:	233 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	241
ISBN-13:	978-0-684-83179-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
LSN:	0-684-83179-1
Barcode:	9780684831794

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